According to Robert Fantz’s classic looking chamber studies, newborns

a. do not distinguish patterned from unpatterned stimuli.
b. prefer colored stimuli to face-like drawings.
c. are not able to distinguish among different colors such as red and yellow.
d. prefer to look at face-like stimuli over other similarly complex stimuli.


Answer: d. prefer to look at face-like stimuli over other similarly complex stimuli.

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